"When we were building our new house in 1988, I happened to see a Viking Stove while I was looking for windows. I fell in love, of course. I took the material home and showed my husband. He of course, said no that it was just out of the question. I was to look at other places and forget about the Viking. As I looked for other items for the kitchen, my search for a stove proved futile. It was just too hard to start at the TOP, then go down. Then, one day, my hubby had to go to that same dealer who had the windows (along with the kitchen display). He came home with more papers and said, "I saw THE STOVE." We agreed then that the Viking was the one for us. We moved into our house in 1989 and have loved it since then. This was a model that was made during the second year of production. We love it and wouldn't trade it for the world. Still happy with our Viking 48" double oven!"